OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0007) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - x86/ibrs: Remove 'ibrsdump' and remove the prdebug Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 27350825 - kABI: Revert kABI: Make the bootcpudata look normal Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk CVE-2017-5715 - userns: prevent...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:0067-1) (Spectre)

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: Updated to Intel CPU Microcode version 20180108 bsc1075262 The pre-released microcode fixing some important security issues is now officially published and included in the added tarball. New firmware updates since last version 20170707 are...

USN-3531-1 intel-microcode update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. CVE-2017-5715 This...

USN-3531-1: Intel Microcode update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. CVE-2017-5715 This...

Security update for ucode-intel (important)

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: Update to Intel CPU Microcode version 20180108 boo1075262 - The pre-released microcode fixing some important security issues is now officially published and included in the added tarball. New firmware updates since last version 20170707 are...

SUSE-SU-2018:0068-1 Security update for microcode_ctl

Update to Intel microcode version 20180108 bsc1075262 CVE-2017-5715 - The pre-released microcode fixing some important security issues is now officially published and included in the added tarball. Among other updates it contains: - IVT C0 06-3e-04:ed 428-42a - SKL-U/Y D0 06-4e-03:c0 ba-c2 -...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: microcode_ctl-2.1-20.fc27

The microcodectl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written by Tigran Aivazian . The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode...

Understanding the performance impact of Spectre and Meltdown mitigations on Windows Systems

Last week the technology industry and many of our customers learned of new vulnerabilities in the hardware chips that power phones, PCs and servers. We and others in the industry had learned of this vulnerability under nondisclosure agreement several months ago and immediately began developing...

Understanding the performance impact of Spectre and Meltdown mitigations on Windows Systems

Last week the technology industry and many of our customers learned of new vulnerabilities in the hardware chips that power phones, PCs and servers. We and others in the industry had learned of this vulnerability under nondisclosure agreement several months ago and immediately began developing...

SUSE-SU-2018:0051-1 Security update for kernel-firmware

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues: - Add microcodeamdfam17h.bin bsc1068032 CVE-2017-5715 This new firmware enables the Indirect Branch Control IBC feature on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure...

Oracle Linux 7 : libvirt (ELSA-2018-0029)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-0029 advisory. - qemu: Properly store microcode version in QEMU caps cache CVE-2017-5715 - util: add virFileReadHeaderQuiet wrapper around virFileReadHeaderFD CVE-2017-5715 -...

Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2018-0030)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-0030 advisory. - util: Implement virFileReadHeaderFD CVE-2017-5715 - util: add virFileReadHeaderQuiet wrapper around virFileReadHeaderFD CVE-2017-5715 - util: introduce...

EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1002)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The recent speculative execution CVEs address three potential attacks across a wide variety of architectures and hardware platforms. - Note: Thi...

openSUSE Security Update : ucode-intel (openSUSE-2018-4) (Spectre)

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues : The CPU microcode for Haswell-X, Skylake-X and Broadwell-X chipsets was updated to report both branch prediction control via CPUID flag and ability to control branch prediction via an MSR register. This update is part of a mitigation for a...

Fedora 26 : dracut (2018-9bcc7b0b70)

Adds support for early microcode for AMD CPUs family = 0x17. Note: Intel CPU support is fine. To add the microcode to all your initramfs images: dracut --regenerate-all --force To only add it to the current kernel version: dracut --force Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

OracleVM 3.4 : microcode_ctl (OVMSA-2018-0003)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Enable early microcode load to allow updating Broadwell model 79 - Make sure 'modprobe microcode' is not executed on Broadwell model 79 - Run dracut upon microcode update - Update Intel CPU microde fo...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1001)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The recent speculative execution CVEs address three potential attacks across a wide variety of architectures and hardware platforms. - Note: Thi...

Experts Weigh In On Spectre Patch Challenges

The race to patch against the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities disclosed last week is on. As of today, there are no known exploits in the wild impacting vulnerable Intel, AMD and ARM devices. Currently, vendors are focused on three main mitigation efforts. Patches that address the...

VMSA-2018-0004:VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates add Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Remediation for speculative execution issue

VMSA-2018-0004.3 VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates add Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for speculative execution issue VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0005 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Critical VMware Security Advisory Synopsis:...

Security update for kernel-firmware (important)

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues: - Add microcodeamdfam17h.bin bsc1068032 CVE-2017-5715 This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure from e.g. kernel memor...